The subjects are all but identical, and it is a relatively different melody that saves the band from plagiarism. Anyone relatively familiar with the bands in this market of music will probably notice the similarities between this song and that of Hinder’s Extreme Behavior opener, “Get Stoned”. The album contains the customary clichés of commercial grunge the first of which can be found in “Stoned” as the thirty-five minute record begins to play. As it turns out, the album is exactly what this unnecessarily large album title says it is, begging the question: were not the band's albums before this about these same subjects as well? Whatever the case may be, the band continues their creation of American bad-boy rock with songs of parties, girls, and love – as the band refers to it anyway – but anything new - particularly in terms of the genre - fails to show up in the music. The band has returned this year from being famous with their fourth outing: Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate.
That being said, there’s one more reason why this band could never be placed with the likes of Nirvana: the band are devoid of any creativity and originality whatsoever. For one, Puddle of Mudd have a reputation for big-sounding singles and mediocre albums, and for two, let us not even forget the fact that the sound of Puddle Of Mudd’s albums are way more cleaned-up and commercial than anything Kurt Cobain would even pen his name to. While the band does play a calculated form of grunge that recalls the earlier bands of the 90s and yes, Wes Scantlin does certainly seem to sound like Kurt Cobain at times, I find that I have to disagree with this comparison. Puddle Of Mudd is often portrayed by critics as a cleaned-up version of Nirvana. Review Summary: "Can you take it all away?"
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